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Palmer Discusses Speaker Changes with Alabama Republican Assembly

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, November 9, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) addressed the Alabama Republican Assembly at their annual membership recruitment meeting at Levee’s in Northport. Congressman Palmer said that we have just witnessed, “Historic changes in the House.”  John Boehner was the first Speaker in the United States House to … Continued
November 12, 2015

President Vetoes National Defense Authorization Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, October 22, President Barack H. Obama vetoed HR1735, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016. Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) criticized the President’s action saying that Pres. Obama is putting politics over our military.  Rep. Byrne said, “The NDAA has passed Congress and been signed into … Continued
October 27, 2015

Palmer Votes for SOAR Reauthorization Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, October 21, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced that he had voted for HR10, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act.  This bill would reauthorize the District of Columbia’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (DC OSP) which gives scholarships to low-income families in the District of Columbia to … Continued
October 27, 2015

Ryan Meets with House Freedom Caucus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter After House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-California) Speaker of the House ambitions collapsed, US Representative Paul Ryan’s spokespersons said that the Republican Congressman from Wisconsin had no interest in the job. That position apparently changed when the House came back from recess.  Rep. Ryan has now said that he … Continued
October 27, 2015

Still No New Speaker

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The US House of Representatives is in recess and the leadership decision has not got any clearer. The Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that he was leaving the office he has held since the 2010 election.  It appeared for a few days that Representative Kevin McCarthy … Continued
October 20, 2015

Shelby, Aderholt, and Palmer Comment on Legal Setback for Obama’s Water Rule

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, October 9, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide stay blocking President Obama’s EPA’s Waters of the US rule.  A group of 18 states had sued to block the controversial reinterpretation of existing law, arguing the rule is well beyond EPA’s legal authority to issue. … Continued
October 12, 2015

McCarthy Out as Potential Speaker: Roby Says Gowdy would be a Good Leader but Doesn’t Want Job

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter When the Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that he was stepping down from what is arguably the second most powerful job in the country, most people in the know thought that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) would step up and there would … Continued
October 9, 2015

Byrne Comments on Pope’s Address to Congress

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, September 24, Pope Francis addressed a rare joint session of both Houses of the US Congress.  Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) issued a statement in response to Pope Francis’s speech to the joint session of Congress. US Representative Byrne said, “As one of the most influential moral leaders … Continued
September 25, 2015

Roby Comments on House Vote to Repeal IPAB

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, June 23, Congresswoman Martha Roby said that the US House of Representatives is monitoring the Supreme Court’s upcoming vote on the fate of Obamacare subsidies and announced that the House has voted to repeal the controversial IPAB Board, provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continued
June 24, 2015

Sessions Warns Fast-Track Passage Guarantees Three Mammoth Global Pacts

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In 2010, Democrats held commanding majorities in both Houses of Congress.  Beginning with that election in November 2010 the GOP railed against the Presidency of Barack H. Obama (D). Republican candidates for Congress denounced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 as “Obamacare” and vowed to repeal … Continued
June 22, 2015